Every May, the event takes place at Arbour Hill's Church of the Most Sacred Heart.

Attendees included British Ambassador to Ireland Paul Johnston, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence Micheál Martin, President Michael D. Higgins, and Taoiseach Simon Harris.

Speeches were given throughout the event, and the leaders of the uprising had a wreath-laying ceremony at their graves.

Bishop Fintan Monahan of Killaloe presided over a liturgy as part of the remembrance this morning.

Bishop Monahan spoke to the families of the leaders who were put to death in his sermon.

He said that their narrative was entwined with the history of the Irish people.

Bishop Monahan reminded them they had reason to be "rightly proud" of the fact that the spirit of freedom that inspired their ancestors to give their lives in defence of freedom is ingrained in their DNA.

“Your family lost dear forebears as a result of the 1916 executions. The accounts of children's visits to their condemned relatives and their last goodbyes are among the most moving tales from the post-Easter period of 1916. Your families made these sacrifices as a life-giving gift to our country,” the speaker said.

He remarked that as he turned to talk about the struggles for freedom today, people's hearts were heavy with yet another tale of tyranny and their need to be free.

“In many conflict-torn regions of the world, we witness the suffering of individuals who are fleeing to our country and the underlying causes of this. Though our understanding of the world is immediate today, oppression has always saddened and powerless befallen us as a species,” the speaker stated.